Luy de Béarn
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Geography
The source of the Luy de BéarnBéarn
Béarn is one of the traditional provinces of France, located in the Pyrenees mountains and in the plain at their feet, in southwest France. Along with the three Basque provinces of Soule, Lower Navarre, and Labourd, the principality of Bidache, as well as small parts of Gascony, it forms in the...
is at the base of the plateau of Ger, east of Pau. It flows north-west through the Chalosse region and joins the Luy de France to form the Luy
Luy
The Luy, is a left tributary of the Adour, in the Landes, in the Southwest of France.- Geography :The Luy is the union of two neighboring rivers, the Luy de Béarn in the south, and the Luy de France, the main course. Both rise in Béarn, at the base of the plateau of Ger, east of Pau.They flow...
below the castle of Gaujacq
Gaujacq
Gaujacq is a commune in the Landes department in Aquitaine in south-western France....
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Départements and towns
The Luy de Béarn flows through the following departments and towns:- Pyrénées-AtlantiquesPyrénées-AtlantiquesPyrénées-Atlantiques is a department in the southwest of France which takes its name from the Pyrenees mountains and the Atlantic Ocean.- History :...
: MontardonMontardonMontardon is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*...
, SauvagnonSauvagnonSauvagnon is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*...
, Sault-de-NavaillesSault-de-NavaillesSault-de-Navailles is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*... - Landes: AmouAmou, LandesAmou is a commune of the Landes department in Aquitaine in south-western France....
Main tributaries
- (L) Aïgue LongueAïgue LongueThe Aïgue Longue , is a left tributary of the Luy de Béarn, at Mazerolles, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, in the Southwest of France.- Geography :The Aïgue Longue rises in the moor of Pont-Long in the north of Pau...
, from the moor of Pont-Long in the north of Pau. - (L) UzanUzan RiverThe Uzan, is a left tributary of the Luy de Béarn, in Uzan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, in the Southwest of France.It rises in the moor of Pont-Long in the north of Pau. It flows into the Luy de Béarn downstream from the Aïgue Longue.-References:...
, in UzanUzan, Pyrénées-AtlantiquesUzan is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*...
, also from Pont-Long. - (L) Aubin.
- (L) Oursoû, from the nord of OrthezOrthezOrthez is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.It lies 40 km NW of Pau on the Southern railway to Bayonne. The town also encompasses the small village of Sainte-Suzanne thus residents of the town are called either Orthéziens or Sainte-Suzannais...
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